An AirAsia flight from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday. Stay with TOI for live updates.
An AirAsia flight carrying 155 people from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore lost contact with air traffic control on Sunday, officials in the region and the budget carrier said.
Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 a.m. (2317 GMT), Indonesian transport ministry official Hadi Mustofa told media.
It had 155 passengers and 7 crew members on board, another Indonesian transport official said.
Kuala Lumpur-based AirAsia confirmed its flight had lost contact with air traffic control and said a search-and-rescue operation had been launched.
Mustofa said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.
Indonesian media said 149 Indonesians, three people from Korea, and one each from Singapore, Britain and Malaysia were on board.
Among the passengers, 138 were adults, 16 children and a baby.
The flight had been due in Singapore at 8:30 a.m. Singapore time (0030 GMT). The Singapore airport said on its website the status of the flight was "delayed".
The incident comes at the end of a disastrous year for Malaysia's airlines.
National flag carrier Malaysia Airlines lost two aircraft this year.
Flight QZ 8501, an Airbus 320-200, lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17 a.m. (2317 GMT), Indonesian transport ministry official Hadi Mustofa told media.
It had 155 passengers and 7 crew members on board, another Indonesian transport official said.
Kuala Lumpur-based AirAsia confirmed its flight had lost contact with air traffic control and said a search-and-rescue operation had been launched.
Mustofa said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact.
Indonesian media said 149 Indonesians, three people from Korea, and one each from Singapore, Britain and Malaysia were on board.
Among the passengers, 138 were adults, 16 children and a baby.
The flight had been due in Singapore at 8:30 a.m. Singapore time (0030 GMT). The Singapore airport said on its website the status of the flight was "delayed".
The incident comes at the end of a disastrous year for Malaysia's airlines.
National flag carrier Malaysia Airlines lost two aircraft this year.
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 An AirAsia flight from Surabaya, Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control after take-off, the airline has said. Flight QZ8501, which had 162 people on board, was supposed to land in Singapore at 8:30am local time on Sunday. "At the present time we unfortunately have no further information regarding the status of the passengers and crew members on board, but we will keep all parties informed as more information becomes available,' the airline said in a statement on Facebook. The aircraft was an Airbus A320-200 with the registration number PK-AXC, the budget carrier said. It said search and rescue operations were in progress and AirAsia was "cooperating fully and assisting the rescue service". AirAsia said it had established an emergency call centre for family or friends of those who were travelling on the aircraft. Unusual route The airbus lost contact with the Jakarta air traffic control tower at 6:17am (2317 GMT), Hadi Mustofa, Indonesia's Transport Ministry official, told media. Mustofa said the plane had asked for an unusual route before it lost contact. The flight had been due in Singapore at 8:30 am (0030 GMT). The Singapore airport said on its website the status of the flight was "delayed". The incident comes at the end of a disastrous year for Malaysia's airlines. National flag carrier Malaysia Airlines lost two aircraft this year. Its flight MH370 went missing on March 8 on a trip from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 passengers and crew on board. On July 17, Flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine, killing all 298 people on board. |
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